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JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 291-298Publisher
NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIV
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-016-0305-3
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Actinobacteria; Bacteria; Eastern Ghats; Forest soils; Fungi; Xylanase
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- University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India
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We screened soil samples collected from underneath shrubs and/or large trees at different locations in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh for xylanase-producing microorganisms. Xylose-utilizing bacteria were numerically dominant in soils of most locations whereas xylose- and xylan-utilizing actinobacteria were minor components. Xylan-utilizing fungi constituted a major share of total microbial populations in soil samples collected at half of the sites, whereas xylan-utilizing bacteria were predominant at other sampling locations. Some of the isolates of fungi exhibited xylanase activity with a range of 400-4000 U/ml, indicating great potential for their uses in paper, pulping and bioethanol industries for producing value-added products.
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